Creative writing tips – Page 3

Redeeming the Tough Times

Hello my Writer Friends, Are you going through a difficult time right now? I’m guessing the answer for most of you, is probably yes! Life is a battle, and the Lord is constantly teaching us through the trials of life,

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International Women’s Day

This week, on Thursday, people all over the world will be celebrating International Women’s Day. This isn’t the place to discuss women’s rights, but it is definitely a place to think about writing books for our girls! It has long

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Advice When Sending Unsolicited Manuscripts

Just a quick tip for you today, but an important one. When sending your book proposal to a publisher, agent, or to your printer (if self-publishing): Go through your manuscript with a fine tooth comb. Look out for: When you’ve

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Who are you writing for?

Who are you writing your book for? If you’re not 100% sure who your target readers are (age, gender, nationality, reading ability etc), I have an online Zoom training for you at the end of the month, that will help

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How to Thrill Your Readers with Your Ending

Good morning my writer friends, Hope you’ve had a great weekend and are ready for a new writing week. What are you writing at the moment? Do take a moment to let me know – I always love to hear

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Closing Story Arcs

Something very practical this week! Closing story arcs is a vital part of our stories. What do I mean by that? Here’s an example: A girl moves with her dad to a new town after her mum dies. She has

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Positive Affirmation is Not Just for Dogs?

Hi {{ subscriber.first_name | strip | default: “there” }}, How did you get on with last week’s goal setting exercise? I hope you found it useful! ( If you didn’t get to do it but would like to, you still can:

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Are your writing goals big enough, or small enough?

Happy New Year! Sorry to be slightly late in this greeting. Unfortunately, along with a huge number of other people, I’ve had some kind of virus – I didn’t feel so well last week. But here I am again, still

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A Quick Way to Add Atmosphere to Your Story

Good morning my writer friends, I’m writing to you today from a snowy London! The snow reminded me of something that will definitely help your novel with atmosphere – make sure you talk about the weather! You don’t have to

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Secrets!

Good morning my writer friends! I don’t know what it is about the dark evenings and long nights that makes me think of secrets… I’ve taken this week’s writing tip from our November Writing Challenge. (If you want to do

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